thumb
Example Sentences
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“These rules of thumb can certainly give Americans a ballpark estimate for their own wealth-management goals,” said Roberts.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
In a statement released on Thursday, Galatasaray said Lang "suffered a serious cut to his right thumb".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
But "never did we anticipate or expect them, I think, to be able to hold in their brains, which aren't much bigger than your thumb, information over thousands of square miles," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
As a general rule of thumb: where eyeballs go, advertisers follow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
He began to dig, pulling up a potato that was no bigger than my thumb, and then another.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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